I'm not sure what you're talking about with respect to playing soft and playing not to lose. That happened in the Penn State game but not really other games. This one was more lost because of crippling offensive incompetence.

Sort of. Unlike Weis, Hoke isn't a collossal asshole. Not sure who remembers Weis as a coach who "said all of the right things" but your memory is pretty bad. Also, defense has been consistently good under Hoke. The O-line and especially the number of negative plays reminds me a lot of Weis 2007 though.